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To explore or to exploit? Learning humans' behaviour to maximize interactions with them
Assume a robot operating in a public space (e.g., a library, a museum) and serving visitors as a companion, a guide or an information stand. To do that, the robot has to interact with humans, which presumes that it actively searches for humans in order to interact with them. This paper addresses the problem how to plan robot's actions in order to maximize the number of such interactions in the case human behavior is not known in advance. We formulate this problem as the exploration/exploitation problem and design several strategies for the robot. The main contribution of the paper than lies in evaluation and comparison of the designed strategies on two datasets. The evaluation shows interesting properties of the strategies, which are discussed
Coexistence and Criticality in Size-Asymmetric Hard-Core Electrolytes
Liquid-vapor coexistence curves and critical parameters for hard-core 1:1
electrolyte models with diameter ratios lambda = sigma_{-}/\sigma_{+}=1 to 5.7
have been studied by fine-discretization Monte Carlo methods. Normalizing via
the length scale sigma_{+-}=(sigma_{+} + sigma_{-})/2 relevant for the low
densities in question, both Tc* (=kB Tc sigma_{+-}/q^2 and rhoc* (= rhoc sigma
_{+-}^{3}) decrease rapidly (from ~ 0.05 to 0.03 and 0.08 to 0.04,
respectively) as lambda increases. These trends, which unequivocally contradict
current theories, are closely mirrored by results for tightly tethered dipolar
dimers (with Tc* lower by ~ 0-11% and rhoc* greater by 37-12%).Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure
Evidence of strong antiferromagnetic coupling between localized and itinerant electrons in ferromagnetic Sr2FeMoO6
Magnetic dc susceptibility () and electron spin resonance (ESR)
measurements in the paramagnetic regime, are presented. We found a Curie-Weiss
(CW) behavior for (T) with a ferromagnetic K and
, this being lower than that expected for
either or ions. The ESR g-factor , is associated with . We obtained an excellent description
of the experiments in terms of two interacting sublattices: the localized
() cores and the delocalized electrons. The coupled equations
were solved in a mean-field approximation, assuming for the itinerant electrons
a bare susceptibility independent on . We obtained
emu/mol. We show that the reduction of for
arises from the strong antiferromagnetic (AFM) interaction between the two
sublattices. At variance with classical ferrimagnets, we found that is
ferromagnetic. Within the same model, we show that the ESR spectrum can be
described by Bloch-Hasegawa type equations. Bottleneck is evidenced by the
absence of a -shift. Surprisingly, as observed in CMR manganites, no
narrowing effects of the ESR linewidth is detected in spite of the presence of
the strong magnetic coupling. These results provide evidence that the magnetic
order in does not originates in superexchange interactions,
but from a novel mechanism recently proposed for double perovskites
Decoupling Criticality and Importance in Mixed-Criticality Scheduling
Research on mixed-criticality scheduling has flourished since Vestal’s seminal 2007 paper, but more efforts are needed in order to make these results more suitable for industrial adoption and robust and versatile enough to influence the evolution of future certification standards in keeping up with the times. With this in mind, we introduce a more refined task model, in line with the fundamental principles of Vestal’s mode-based adaptive mixed-criticality model, which allows a task’s criticality and its importance to be specified independently from each other. A task’s importance is the criterion that determines its presence in different system modes. Meanwhile, the task’s criticality (reflected in its Safety Integrity Level (SIL) and defining the rules for its software development process), prescribes the degree of conservativeness for the task’s estimated WCET during schedulability testing. We indicate how such a task model can help resolve some of the perceived weaknesses of the Vestal model, in terms of how it is interpreted, and demonstrate how the existing scheduling tests for the classic variant’s of Vestal’s model can be mapped to the new task model essentially without changes.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Energy efficiency considerations in integrated IT and optical network resilient infrastructures
The European Integrated Project GEYSERS - Generalised Architecture for Dynamic Infrastructure Services - is concentrating on infrastructures incorporating integrated optical network and IT resources in support of the Future Internet with special emphasis on cloud computing. More specifically GEYSERS proposes the concept of Virtual Infrastructures over one or more interconnected Physical Infrastructures comprising both network and IT resources. Taking into consideration the energy consumption levels associated with the ICT today and the expansion of the Internet in size and complexity, that incurring increased energy consumption of both IT and network resources, energy efficient infrastructure design becomes critical. To address this need, in the framework of GEYSERS, we propose energy efficient design of infrastructures incorporating integrated optical network and IT resources, supporting resilient end-to-end services. Our modeling results quantify significant energy savings of the proposed solution by jointly optimizing the allocation of both network and IT resources
The periodic Anderson model from the atomic limit and FeSi
The exact Green's functions of the periodic Anderson model for
are formally expressed within the cumulant expansion in terms of an effective
cumulant. Here we resort to a calculation in which this quantity is
approximated by the value it takes for the exactly soluble atomic limit of the
same model. In the Kondo region a spectral density is obtained that shows near
the Fermi surface a structure with the properties of the Kondo peak.
Approximate expressions are obtained for the static conductivity
and magnetic susceptibility of the PAM, and they are employed to fit
the experimental values of FeSi, a compound that behaves like a Kondo insulator
with both quantities vanishing rapidly for . Assuming that the system
is in the intermediate valence region, it was possible to find good agreement
between theory and experiment for these two properties by employing the same
set of parameters. It is shown that in the present model the hybridization is
responsible for the relaxation mechanism of the conduction electrons.Comment: 26 pages and 8 figure
Crystal Field and Dzyaloshinsky-Moriya Interaction in orbitally ordered La_{0.95}Sr_{0.05}MnO_3: An ESR Study
We present a comprehensive analysis of Dzyaloshinsky-Moriya interaction and
crystal-field parameters using the angular dependence of the paramagnetic
resonance shift and linewidth in single crystals of La_{0.95}Sr_{0.05}MnO_3
within the orthorhombic Jahn-Teller distorted phase. The Dzyaloshinsky-Moriya
interaction (~ 1K) results from the tilting of the MnO_6 octahedra against each
other. The crystal-field parameters D and E are found to be of comparable
magnitude (~ 1K) with D ~= -E. This indicates a strong mixing of the |3z^2-r^2>
and |x^2-y^2> states for the real orbital configuration.Comment: 12 pages, 6 figure
Prevalence of severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus 2 antibodies among market and city bus depot workers in Lima, Peru
We report severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 antibody positivity among market and city bus depot workers in Lima, Peru. Among 1285 vendors from 8 markets, prevalence ranged from 27% to 73%. Among 488 workers from 3 city bus depots, prevalence ranged from 11% to 47%. Self-reported symptoms were infrequent.National Institute of Allergy and Infectious DiseasesRevisión por pare
The Orbital Order Parameter in La0.95Sr0.05MnO3 probed by Electron Spin Resonance
The temperature dependence of the electron-spin resonance linewidth in
La0.95Sr0.05MnO3 has been determined and analyzed in the paramagnetic regime
across the orbital ordering transition. From the temperature dependence and the
anisotropy of linewidth and -value the orbital order can be unambiguously
determined via the mixing angle of the wave functions of the -doublet. The linewidth shows a similar evolution with temperature as
resonant x-ray scattering results
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